HMRC has published its annual charity tax statistics for the year 2015-16.

Charities reliefs

• Gift Aid increases to £1.3bn (provisional figure)
• GASDS increases to £26m (provisional figure)
• National non domestic rates increases to £1.79bn
• VAT relief remains at £300m
• SDLT relief increases to £290m
• Overall charity relief increases to £3.67bn (an increase of £280m overall)

Individual reliefs

• Inheritance tax relief increases to £880m
• Payroll giving remains at £40m
• Gifts of shares and property increases to £70m
• Higher rate relief on Gift Aid increases to £480m
• Overall individuals relief up to £1.47bn (an increase of £150m overall)

Gift Aid

• 150 charities now receive over £1m a year
• The total repayment to these 150 charities is £580m which is approximately half the total payout
• Approximately 71,000 charities made a Gift Aid claim
• 50,000 charities claim Gift Aid to a value under £5,000

HMRC data

• Overall cost of tax relief 
• Gift Aid repayments to charities – distribution by amount
• Gift Aid – donations amounts
• Repayments of tax and payments of tax credits to charities
• Payroll giving statistics
• UK charity tax statistics commentary